Combined pencil sharpener and holder



(No Model.)

nm E D L 0 H D .N EA n L m m A H B3 .L I WC N R D E N I B M O G No.480,547. Patented Aug. 9, 1892.

awucmroz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMBINED PENCIL SHARPENER AND HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,547,

dated August 9, 1892.

Application filed April 8, 1892. Serial No. 428,299. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH W. BATTELLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at \Vorcester, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a CombinedPencil Sharpener and Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The aim of this invention is to produce a new and improved device forholding pencils and rubbers and the like, and also a new and improvedpencil-sharpener.

To this end the invention consists of the device described and claimedin this specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a plan of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation partly in section. Fig. 3 is the bottom view showing thepencilsharpener, and Fig. 4 is an end elevation.

Referring to the drawings and in detail, it will be seen that my deviceis made out of two parts A andB and that the same maybe held together bythe screws O. The part A has the rims a and CL and the part B has therims b and b, which when the two parts are secured together form tworeceptacles for rubbers and the like. The part A also has the flange aand the part B the flange b which when the parts A and B are securedtogether will form a raised projection or boss J. The flanges a and bhave holes formed therein, and five of such holes are shown in thedrawings, the center hole D of which is made vertical and the side holesD of which are inclined away, so that the pencils may be placed in saidholes.

On the bottom side of the parts A and B are formed ledges E and F, asindicated in Fig. 3, and into these ledges is formed the conical hole G,which constitutes the pencilsharpener. A knife H is secured on theflange E, as shown in Fig. 3, and the cuttingedge h of this knife ismade circular, so that a small portion 71 will be left, that the leadsof the pencils may project beyond the knife without being broken off.The knife H has formed therein slots h, which are made parallel to theaxis of the hole G, and the knife may be held in place by the screws mand the washers n. Thus the knife may be adjusted by simply sliding thesame along the hole G, and, further, the knife can never act to breakoff the leads. It is a veryconvenient and handy way to mount thesharpener in a frame of this character, as the same is always at handand cannot be lost, and as the sharpener is entirely housed within thecasing the same is protected from being broken off or disarranged.

Thus it will be seen that my entire device makes a very handsome deskornament and one which is of great utility.

Modifications of the device herein shown and described may be made by askilled inechanic without departing from the scope of my invention asexpressed in the claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The pencil-supporter consisting of the parts A and B, fastenedtogether, the part A having the rims a, a, and a and the part B havingthe rims b, b, and b whereby two cups or receptacles and holes D and Dwill be left in the completed structure, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a pencil supporter or holder and apencil-sharpener housed and protected therein, substantially asdescribed.

The combination of a suitable casing and a pencil-sharpener housedtherein, said sharpener having a knife, as H,the cutting-edge of whichis circular, as at h, whereby a clear space, as h will be left for theleads, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a suitable casing and a pen oil-sharpener housedtherein, said sharpener having aknife H, having slots 71', screws m, andwashers n, holding the said knife in place, said knife having a circularcuttingedge h, whereby a space 72, will be left for the leads,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH \V. BATTELLE.

Witnesses:

LoUIs W. SoUTIIGATE, ELIZABETH M. HEALY.

